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Impractical Joker sequel will split the fans

Part musical, part prison saga, part courtroom drama, this ambitious follow-up to the 2019 hit about Batman’s nemesis may struggle to recoup the $300m budget.

John McDonaldFilm reviewer

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If you’ve been hanging out for the most depressing musical of all time, rejoice, your moment has arrived!

Todd Phillips’ suprising 2019 film, Joker, was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and earned Joaquin Phoenix an Oscar for best actor. The sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux, is no less surprising, but so dark you may need to take a torch.

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John McDonald is the film critic for AFR Weekend.

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